(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
anabranches
anabranches
noun
plural of anabranch
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
archbotcher
archbuilder
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
bacchuslike
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backchecked
backchecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backcheck
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backlighted
backslashes
backslashes
noun
plural of backslash
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
baldachined
baldachined
adj
Covered by a baldacchin.
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bathochrome
bathychrome
bathymetric
bathymetric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
bathyscaphe
bathyscaphe
noun
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.
batrachiate
batrachidae
beachcombed
beachcombed
adj
Obtained by beachcombing
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcomber
noun
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
A long rolling wave of the sea.
A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
Any loafer around a waterfront.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beachmaster
bechauffeur
bedchambers
bedchambers
noun
plural of bedchamber
beerbachite
bellechasse
bellyachers
bellyachers
noun
plural of bellyacher
bellyaching
bellyaching
noun
Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
verb
present participle of bellyache
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benzalcohol
bergamasche
bibliotheca
bibliotheca
noun
(obsolete) A library.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
bichromated
bichromates
bichromates
noun
plural of bichromate
biochemical
biochemical
adj
characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms
of, or relating to biochemistry
noun
a chemical substance derived from a biological source
bioresearch
bioresearch
noun
(biology) research in any of the biological sciences
birdcatcher
birdcatcher
noun
Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.
birdwatched
birdwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birdwatch
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bistephanic
bistephanic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the two stephanions
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackhander
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blanchester
blastocheme
blastochyle
blastochyle
noun
(anatomy) The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
bleacheries
bleacheries
noun
plural of bleachery
bleacherite
bleacherite
noun
(sports, informal) One who sits in the bleachers.
bleacherman
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
bleachhouse
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
brachelytra
brachiopode
brachyceral
brachyceric
brachytmema
branchiness
branchiness
noun
The quality of being branchy.
branchireme
branchlines
branchlines
noun
plural of branchline
branchville
breadstitch
brochantite
brochantite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bulbochaete
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bunchbacked
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
celtophobia
celtophobia
Noun
Hatred against Celtic peoples.
chaenolobus
chainbearer
chalybeates
chalybeates
noun
plural of chalybeate
chamaebatia
chamberlain
chamberlain
noun
(obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.
A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
chambermaid
chambermaid
noun
A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.
changeabout
channelbill
channelbill
noun
Synonym of channel-billed cuckoo
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
charabancer
charabancer
noun
One who travels by charabanc.
charbonneau
charbonnier
charbonnier
noun
A species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, Tricholoma portentosum.
charbroiled
charbroiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charbroil
charbroiler
charbroiler
noun
A device for charbroiling; a chargrill.
charterable
charterable
adj
Capable of being chartered.
chastisable
chastisable
adj
Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
cheeseboard
cheeseboard
noun
A board used for serving cheeses.
chelyabinsk
cherishable
cherishable
adj
Capable of, or suitable for, being cherished.
chessboards
chessboards
noun
plural of chessboard
chilblained
chilblained
adj
Afflicted with a chilblain.
choriambize
crabcatcher
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debauchment
debauchment
noun
The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
disbranched
disbranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbranch
disbranches
disbranches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbranch
electrobath
ergophobiac
escheatable
escheatable
adj
Liable to escheat.
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
finchbacked
forechamber
francophobe
grithbreach
grithbreach
noun
(obsolete) breach of the peace ; The penalty for breach of the peace.
habitancies
hackberries
hackberries
noun
plural of hackberry
haemoglobic
hatchetback
hauberticum
hebecarpous
hebecladous
hebraically
hebraically
Adverb
After the manner of the Hebrews or their language.
hibernacula
hibernacula
noun
plural of hibernaculum
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hypercarbia
hypercarbia
noun
(medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
immatchable
immatchable
adj
(obsolete) matchless; peerless
impeachable
impeachable
adj
Able to be impeached (of a person).
That warrants impeachment (of an offence).
inhabitance
inhabitance
noun
Alternative form of inhabitancy
interbranch
interbranch
adj
Between branches of an institution.
lachrymable
lachrymable
adj
(archaic) lamentable
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.